Saussurea costus (binomen a Sergio Lipschitz post Hugonem Falconer anno 1964 statutum) est species plantarum florentium in montibus Himalayis sponte gignens ibique culta propter caulem vel radicem aromaticam.
Chandra P. Kuniyal, Yashwant S. Rawat, Santaram S. Oinam, Jagdish C. Kuniyal, Subhash C. R. Vishvakarma, "Kuth (Saussurea lappa) cultivation in the cold desert environment of the Lahaul valley, northwestern Himalaya, India: arising threats and need to revive socio-economic values" in Biodiversity and Conservation vol. 14 (2005) pp. 1035-1045 Epitome
Sergej Julievitsch Lipschitz in Botanicheskii Zhurnal vol. 49 (1964) p. 131